Detachable vehicle-body.



J. W. HOLLAND. DETACHABLE VEHICLE BOD-Y.

APPLlCATlON FILED APR.26,1916.

Patentd A r. 17, 1917.

Swuewtoz JOHN W HOLLHND UNITED STATES PATENTI. OFFICE.

JOHN W. HOLLAND, OF KELBO, TEHNE S SEE.

DETACHABLE VEHICLE-BODY.

To all whom it may concern:

j Be it known that I,Jo1-1N W. I'IOLLAND, citizen of the United States, residing at Kelso,in the county of Lincoln andState of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Vehicle- Bodies, of ,which the following is a specifioation, reference being had to the accoming drawings.

is' invention relates to vehicles, and particular] to automobiles, and thegeneral object of t e invention'is to provide means whereby bodies maybe interchanged upon the frame of the automobile or other vehicle and held firmly but detachably in position thereon.

'A further object of the invention'is to provide a very simple mechanism to this end which maybe applied to practically all makes of cars, whereby the car may be converted from a roadster, for instance, into a delivery car, and vice versa. A further ob ect is to provide devices to this end which may be readily a plied to a car of ordinary make or remov therefrom and which will permitthe conversion ofthe car and the interchange of the bodies.

Other objects will appear inthe course of the following description.

My invention-is illustrated in the accoinpanying drawings, wherein:

F1 ure 1 is a slde elevation of an automobi e frame with one form of body attached thereto;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the body and frameillustrated Fig; 1

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary top plan view of the construction shown in'Fig. 1; i

Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view of one o the" angular irons 15;

Fig, .5 1s afragmentary side elevation,

partly in section, of the automobile frame with another form. of body applied thereto;

Fig. 6 is'a erspective view of the-iron r s wit the last-named -bo p Referring. to. these figures, 1 vdesigmfln theframe or chassis of the vehicle which may. beyof an ordinary or usualizonstruos tion" but is ilustrated as the frame of a 13 while the rea'r'end of-the, frame supportsa relatively'small bod For-the'purpose-of supporting upon this he Specification of Letters Patent.

me a body 14 which is illustratedas tl Le of a delivery wagon and across the bottom of the body 14 I die? pose an iron 19 having the form of a bar-.01

strip which projects be ond the side walls of the body 14 and is a apted to engage be- :neath'thebills 160f thehooks formed on the upper ends 0:? the irons 15, these projectingends of the strips 19 engaging in the slots 17.- The body 14 has of course the same width as the frameilO but when it is disposed in position rearward of the seat'13 the rear end of the body projects beyond the frame.

For the pur use of supporting the rear end of thebo y and at'the same time de- Patented Apr, 1'1, 191?. Application filed April 26, 1918. Serial No. 98,1

151 tachably cbnnectingthe cross bar 12 of the frame, I attach to the'rea'r. end of, the body the iron 20 whic his in the formgof, a strip,

preferably upwardly bent as at2 1 at its rear end and downwardly bent as at 22'" a-tits. fore-f ward end, this forward end 22 being erforated for'the' passage of a he cross bar 12 is also perforated for-the pas sage of this boll 23 so that h nx h bod? t is in place upolrthe framela'nd thisbo 23- is passed throu h the 1cross' barand the" downwardly exton ing-end 22,= thef will i be locked firmly in' place a n the; ramp and held fromjany longitud nal, lateral or y Yaw vertical movement.

' As illustrated, the rear end ofthebod-y 14 has an upwardly extending wall 2411-11 he upwardl turned end 21 oftheiron 20 is .bolted, rivetedoc otherwise attached to this upwardly extending wall. Above this wall-i 24 I haveillustl'ated an end gate 25 which is hinged to the wagon body by hinge irons] '26, these hinge irons extendingdownwardand engaging withhinge irons 27 attached to 'the bottom 01 the body. Suitable means raised osltion. I have also illustrated the sides o theyyag :on body having vertical walls and ithe or twardly extending racks 28 s "but itis obvious that the exact form ofthis' roadster. This frame ,isi'p'rovided with the'j be h -ma canged r.

- 1 0 C ,seof detachably connecting body 's not essential to my invention 7 audit m varlous we roadster type tlleinsual small body or he:

lied with carev 29 which is on linafily sup of the t y e, I provr e the T-shwped -1oo areprovidedfor latching'this end gate in its 6 a downwardly bent as at 32 to enga'gge wit It will thus be seen that by the means heretofore described it is possible to very quickly interchange wagon bodies upon the car bed or frame andzthat when either of the wa on bodies are. in place it will be held firmly in position. I

My devices may be applied to practically all makes of car, but are particularly a p11- cable to Ford automobiles of the .roa ster type. The a pliances may be cheaply made, readily attac ed, and are very effective for the purpose intended. 1

Having described the invention, what I clam]. is: i i

1. Means for detachably connecting a wagon body to a vehicle bed comprising apair of hooks adapted to be attached to the sides offthe bed and having rearwardl projecting bills, and a T-shaped iron va apted to be attached to the bottom of a wagon y, thelateralends of the T-shaped iron being enga cable with said hooks, the rear end of the --'sha-ped iron-being downwardlv bent and perforated for engagement with an attaching bolt.

' 2. The combination with a vehicle frame or bed havin upwardly extending laterally disposed hoo s formed with rearwardl extending bills, of a wagon body havin aterally projecting members engageable eneath the bills of the hooks, and means at the rear end of the wagon body for detachably...connecting said rear end to the rear end of the frame and preventing rearward movement of the body relative to the frame.

- 3. The combination with a vehicle frame having laterally disposed hooks attached thereto and formed with rearwardly ex- H tending bills, of a wagon body having a the v 1 ,aaapea transverse bar the ends of which project beyond the body .and are adapted to engage beneath said bills, and a member attached to the rear end of the body extending down- .ward from the bottom thereof and adapted to be disposed against the rear end of the frame, and a fastening device detachably connecting said member to the rear end of the frame. Y

4. The combination with a vehicle frame or bed having lateral] disposed irons 5. The combination with a vehicleframe or bed, and upwardly extending laterally disposed irons on said bed, each of said irons bein bent to form a hook'having' a rearwa ly extending bill, of a wagon body .re- 'movably disposed u on said frame or bed having a transverse y extending bar at its the wa n bod and eri geable with said hook-sh fped ir ons and di e'neath the bills formed at their u per on s with rearwardly .forward end projecting beyond the sides of so thereof, the rear end of the body having an iron applied to the bottom thereof, having a downwardly extending terminal .end adapted to abut against the rear-end of the frame, and detachably boltedthereto. In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN w. HOLLAND.

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W. B. SMITH, J. T. Homo. 

